They belong now not to the department of theology, but to those of literature and taste. […] Those thrown by the hand of the man became men, and those by the woman became women. […] So flew the god and the virgin — he on the wings of love, and she on those of fear. […] She presided over the useful and ornamental arts, both those of men — such as agriculture and navigation — and those of women, — spinning, weaving, and needle-work. […] — to prefer beings whom you never saw to those who stand before your eyes!